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Belarus vs Italy

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Belarus is a country located in Eastern Europe with an area of 207,595 km2 (land boundries: 3,599 km and costline 0 km (landlocked)). The capital of Belarus is Minsk. The number of inhabitants is 9,349,645.

Belarus has close security ties with Russia. In 2022, Belarus allowed Russian military forces to stage on its territory during its invasion of Ukraine. Russia is the principal supplier of arms to Belarus, and Belarusian troops reportedly train on Russian equipment. The inventory of the Belarus Armed Forces is comprised mostly of Russian andSoviet-origin equipment, and since 2010 Russia is the leading provider of arms. Belarus's defense industry manufactures some equipment (mostly modernized Soviet designs).

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Italy is a country located in Southern Europe with an area of 301,338 km2 (land boundries: 1,836.4 km and costline 7,600 km). The capital of Italy is Rome. The number of inhabitants is 60,317,116.

Italy is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty. The Italian Armed Forces inventory includes a mix of domestically-produced, jointly-produced, and imported weapons systems, mostly from Europe and the United State. The Italian defense industry is capable of producing equipment across all the military domains with particular strengths in naval vessels and aircraft

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 0.9 billion $ 32.7 billion $
Percent of GDP: 1.2% 1.5%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 916 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 63,000 165,500
Reserve personnel: 344,750 18,300
Available for military: 2,500,000 13,865,688

Active

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Highest value in the world: 2,035,000 (China)
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Land Forces

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Tanks: 652 200
Armoured fighting vehicles: 1,871 2,758
Total artillery: 1,041 197
Self-propelled artillery: 440 68
Rocket artillery: 371 21

Tanks

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Highest value in the world: 12,267 (Russia)
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Air Forces

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Total aircraft: 199 712
Fighter aircraft: 34 92
Multirole aircraft: 4 66
Attack aircraft: 67 45
Helicopters: 68 423
UCAV (combat drone): 0 12

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 13,175 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 0 200
Aircraftcarriers: 0 2
Destroyers: 0 4
Frigates: 0 15
Corvettes: 0 0
Submarines: 0 8

Total naval

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Highest value in the world: 967 (North Korea)
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Nuclear weapons

Belarus

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Italy

Italy participates in the NATO nuclear weapons sharing arrangements and trains for delivering United States nuclear warheads.

Military service

Belarus

18-27 years of age for compulsory military or alternative service; conscript service obligation is 12-18 months, depending on academic qualifications, and 24-36 months for alternative service, depending on academic qualifications; 17 year olds are eligible to become cadets at military higher education institutes, where they are classified as military personnel.

Italy

18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; women may serve in any military branch; Italian citizenship required; 1-year service obligation.